Year Game Played: | 1982 |
Game Name: | Holiday Bowl |
Football Season: | 1982 |
Visitor Name Short: | Ohio State |
Visitor Nickname: | Buckeyes |
Home Name Short: | BYU |
Home Nickname: | Cougars |
Visitor Record: | 8 - 3 |
Visitor Conference: | Big 10 |
Home Record: | 8 - 3 |
Home Conference: | WAC |
Visitor Coach: | Earle Bruce |
Home Coach: | LaVell Edwards |
Visitor Rank Ap: | 17 |
Visitor Rank Coaches: | 16 |
Visitor 1Q: | 3 |
Visitor 2Q: | 14 |
Visitor 3Q: | 17 |
Visitor 4Q: | 13 |
Home 1Q: | 0 |
Home 2Q: | 10 |
Home 3Q: | 0 |
Home 4Q: | 7 |
Date Game Played: | December 17 |
Stadium: | Jack Murphy Stadium |
City: | San Diego, California |
Mvp: | Offensive: Tim Spencer (Ohio State) Defensive: Garcia Lane (Ohio State) |
Halftime: | Marching bands |
Attendance: | 52,533[1] |
Payout: | 392,835 per team |
Us Network: | ESPN Mizlou |
Us Announcers Link: | List of announcers of major college bowl games |
Us Announcers: | Fred White and Irv Brown (ESPN) Ray Scott and John Unitas (Mizlou) |
The 1982 Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played December 17, 1982, in San Diego, California. It was part of the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season. It featured the 17th ranked Ohio State Buckeyes, and the unranked BYU Cougars.
Ohio State scored first on a 47-yard field goal by Rich Spangler, giving the Buckeyes a 3–0 first quarter lead. In the second quarter, BYU quarterback Steve Young threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to Neil Balholm giving BYU a 7–3 lead. Ohio State running back Tim Spencer scored on a 61-yard touchdown run, giving the Buckeyes a 10–7 lead. Buckeye quarterback Mike Tomczak later scored on a 3-yard run making it 17–7 in favor of the Buckeyes. BYU's Kurt Gunther kicked a 39-yard field goal before halftime to make it 17–10 Ohio State.
In the third quarter, Ohio State's Vaughn Broadnax scored on a 1-yard touchdown run giving OSU a 24–10 lead. Tim Spencer added an 18-yard touchdown run, and Rich Spangler a 37-yard field goal to give Ohio State a 34–10 lead at the end of the third quarter.
In the fourth quarter, Ohio State scored a 1-yard touchdown run going up 41–10. Steve Young fired a 13-yard touchdown pass to Gordon Hudson narrowing the lead to 41–17. However, Gayle scored on a 5-yard touchdown run to respond for the Buckeyes. The Buckeyes had 329 rushing yards, 132 passing yards, while also having 196 yards on return yards, possessing the ball for 34:33 with 24 first downs. BYU had 19 rushing yards, 352 passing yards, 124 return yards, with possession time being 25:27. Both teams lost a fumble, while BYU had a pass intercepted. BYU had 9 penalties for 75 yards; Ohio State had 12 penalties for 109 yards.[2] [3]